The plan: There are exactly 14 days between the Gladbach game and Werder’s next match in Freiburg. That gives the team a lot of time to work on things following the 1-3 defeat. Head coach Florian Kohfeldt wants to avoid any knee-jerk decisions and focus on “a good, long week of training” before the next game. Werder won’t be playing a friendly during the international break. There are too few...

Flexiblity is an important trait which has been useful for Werder so far this season. Whether the team plays 4-3-3, a flat 4-4-2 or the traditional diamond, the different formations have the potential to shape Werder’s game. Thus it isn’t surprising that head coach Florian Kohfeldt has a number of plans in his head for every games.

Florian Kohfeldt wants his team to approach this Saturday’s home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach with courage – doing so will help Werder get back to winning ways. Coach Florian Kohfeldt believes that the Green-Whites have learnt from back-to-back Bundesliga defeats and are ready for their next opponents. On Saturday at 15:30 CET, the Foals, who recently lost to Freiburg in the Bundesliga...

When Florian Kohfeldt names his team on a matchday, like all Bundesliga managers, he names seven substitutes. However, this could be about to change. The DFL Commission spoke out in favour of increasing the number of substitutes from seven to nine at the beginning of the week. A decision is still to be made.

There’s a 20-year age different between Claudio Pizarro and Johannes Eggestein. One brings experience and has an unparalleled eye for goal, whilst the other has started to cement himself in the Werder first team in his third year as a professional. Pizarro believes that Eggestein is “an ice-cold striker.”

Building on what wasn’t done well: Werder will quickly shake off yesterday’s disappointment in Mainz, work on the performance and then look ahead to next weekend. This is exactly how the team started their Monday morning after their 2-1 defeat in Mainz. The squad started the new week with a training session on Monday morning and further sessions await the team in the forthcoming days. “We will...

SVW were beaten 2-1 in Mainz on Matchday 10. “We left it too late to start playing football. It was a case of too little, too late,” explained Maximilian Eggestein after the game. It was the second defeat in a row for Werder in the Bundesliga. “We will speak to the players. But it is not worth having a meltdown over,” said Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt.